Really. If there was some hypothetical item out there that was easy to obtain but desirable enough to be salable, why would people be buying it? People would just go out and get their own.
Of course, Diamonds doesn’t want to put a lot of effort into thinking about what such a product might be. We’re supposed to figure that out for him.
Go get some money the old fashioned way (work for it). Relying on your own instincts is going to get you in a lot of trouble.
I’m half expecting to come here someday soon and read a thread titled “How was I supposed to know pickpocketing was a bad idea?” and your OP mentioning that a guy broke all your fingers. Slowly.
I’ve got it. You set up a 2-part operation with a friend. Build two lemonade stands a couple of blocks apart in an area with heavy foot traffic. At the first one, advertise FREE WATER! Put saltwater in little Dixie cups and hand them out to everyone who walks by. Then, when they come to the second lemonade stand, you’ll be there selling bottles of fresh water for $3 apiece.
By reading this post, you’re contractually obligated to send me royalties from your gross profits (10% per sale, non-negotiable, and I prefer cashier’s checks). I look forward to doing business with you, ma’am.
Actually, I did get an email just now that I’ll forward to you if you like. It’s worth a shot, I think. Here’s the full text in case you would rather see it here:
No, no, no. The problem here is nobody would take free water off the street from a stranger. Would you? More than likely the people that would, won’t pay for the fresh water later. They’ll just hit up the free water, salt be damned.
Charge 1.00 at the first stand. You’ll seem more legit and bam! More money!
I’ll split the 10% with you, ok?
I was actually thinking more like PCs, monitors, TVs, applicances, furniture, construction leftovers, trees that had been cut down(some species are highly prized as firewood)etc left at the curb for trash. Often the city won’t even take these items, or would charge the homeowner to do so. Dunno how it started but like I said in my old neighborhood it got so crowded with pickup trucks prowling for stuff on the actual garbage day, some early birds started going hunting the night before garbage day. You’d see a pickup truck with a guy or two in the bed slowly driving up and down the streets looking for goodies at the curb.
I have no clue if it was illegal but there were enough trucks doing it and no effort that I saw by the city or police to stop it.
Panning for urban gold. Find a large city with a jewellery quarter and carefully start scraping away at the mud on the street. You’ll find enough scraps of gold and other precious items to ell back to the dealers and earn some good money.
A guy in New York claims to earn between $500-900 per week doing this.
They do this at my town’s bulk garbage day. People leave out their big stuff, it’s all going to the incinerator anyway, the town isn’t picking through to get separate the repairable vacuum cleaner from the old mattress. Last week I saw a guy disassembling a 60" rear projection TV at curbside, I assume there are some valuable parts in there.
Anytime I’m at my local municipal recycling centre I see maybe half a dozen pieces of electronics I could use, but you’re not allowed take things away.
How about roadkill animals? Are those legal to remove from their scene of death? Get a tank of dermestid beetles and clean up their skulls and bones (the “world’s leading supplier of osteological specimens” Skulls Unlimited sells skunk skulls for $35, opossum skulls for $50, raccoon skulls for $59…), maybe some of the pelts would be salvageable for some purpose too.
